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Labour in UK seafood processing January to March 2019

This report presents the findings of the sixth Seafish quaterly survey of recruitment in the seafood processing sector.

The Clyde Inshore Fishery Study

This study was carried out to investigate the performance of the Clyde fishery and present a picture of the issues currently facing the local industry. Key features of the report can be downloaded free of charge.

Costs and Earnings of the UK Sea Fish Processing Industry 2001

This report gives details of financial performance of UK fish processing businesses, categorised according to process type (primary, mixed, secondary) fish type, company size, degree of mechanisation and pack size of products. It highlights how each sector performed compared to the rest. Processors can compare their own results against the averages to see how they match up.

Preliminary investigation of economic performance and accidents in the UK fishing fleet

This report presents the findings of a preliminary investigation into the relationship between vessel accidents and the operational and financial performance of vessels in the UK fishing fleet in the period 2008-2016.

Board minutes - 26 February 2020

Seafish Board minutes

Fisheries Management Issues Report

The Fisheries Management Issues Report summarises some of the current issues affecting the UK fishing industry. Information is collated from regional, UK and European sources and regular topics include discussions at the EU Fisheries Council meetings, official landings into the UK relative to allocated quotas and the extent of bans on fishing due to shellfish poisoning around the UK.

Final ACIG minutes 14 September 2016

Final minutes of the Aquaculture Common Issues Group meeting held in London on 14 September 2016.

Quay Issues: Fleet Economic Performance Dataset 2008-15

The Seafish Fleet Economic Performance Dataset provides a detailed insight into the financial and operational performance of the fleet between 2008 and 2015 alongside analysis produced by the Seafish Economics team. This latest version includes new graphs and infographics with less data tables.

Project Inshore - Stage 3 Strategic Sustainability Review Kent & Essex Inshore Fisheries & Conervation Authority

This report presents stage 3 of Project Inshore where findings of stage 1’s data gathering on fisheries within each IFCA and the results of stage 2’s MSC pre-assessment conducted for fisheries around England’s coast (involving over 400 different species, stock and gear combinations) are considered to provide a Strategic Sustainability Review tailored to the Kent & Essex IFCA.

Comparing Industry Sector Values, With a Case Study of Commercial Fishing and Recreational Sea Angling

This report evaluates and recommends different economic analysis methods for comparing the value of industry sectors and informing policy questions about allocation of resources to achieve efficiency or fairness of distribution.

Domestic & Export Sector Panel Minutes - April 2022

The Minutes of the Domestic & Export Sector Panel meeting, held on Monday 11 April 2022.

2006 Economic Survey of the UK Fishing Fleet

The 2006 economic survey of the UK fishing fleet is the most recent nationwide costs and earnings survey of the sector and continues to build upon the work carried out by the Seafish Economics team in 2005. This study presents the latest economic information on up to 35 segments of the commercially active UK fishing fleet. Survey results suggest that despite increases in vessel earnings across a number of segments, rising operating costs and reduced fishing opportunities meant that achieving profitability was still a major challenge for most of the UK fishing fleet in 2006.

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